Chapter 168: The Dragon Emperor Was Also There

  Li Huan pulled Li Xie to the foot of a giant dragon skeleton nearby, hiding behind the skeletal foot. He made a silencing gesture and gently put down the little spirit, whispering: "Shh, don't speak, my dad! If he finds us, we're done for! Quick, rub some Anxiang grass on yourself!"

  Li Huan said, pulling out a handful of wild grass from the ground and rubbing it all over his hands and feet before quickly applying some to Xiao Ling and Li Xie's hands and feet as well. "The Anxiang Grass can conceal our auras. My dad doesn't know what he's doing, so he probably didn't notice us. Be careful not to make any big movements or he'll catch us red-handed! If that happens, it won't just be me who's in trouble - if he gets angry, he might even kill you two on the spot!"

  The little elf seemed to know the Dragon Emperor, and was so scared that he covered his mouth and didn't dare make a sound. Li Xie wouldn't normally pretend to be arrogant and loudly call out for the Dragon Emperor's attention, but at this moment, he couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

  The Anxi grass was one of the purposes of his visit to the dragon's tomb. He thought it was a special kind of grass, so he didn't ask Li Huan about it, thinking that he would wait until he saw some special grass before asking questions. This way, Li Huan wouldn't know that he had come with a purpose. But who would have thought that the Anxi grass that could conceal one's aura was actually just a common weed growing on the ground in the dragon's tomb, and it was everywhere, easily pulled out by hand!

  Li Xie casually pulled out a handful and put it into the spatial ring, then said in a low voice: "The Dragon Emperor is in the dragon tomb, you still brought us here, I'm relying on you now, what to do?"

  The dragon tomb may have other secrets, but Li Xie is certain that the presence of these super giant dragon skeletons and dragon crystals can attract countless people's attention. The Dragon Emperor sees outsiders getting angry over this and killing Li Xie and the little spirit, a possibility that is not low.

  Li Huan made a bitter face: "Now we can't go back, have to wait until my dad leaves. The space door is opened outside, the people in the Dragon's Tomb won't notice because of the different space, but if it's opened inside the Dragon's Tomb, my dad will definitely notice, and when he investigates, it's hard to guarantee that we won't be discovered. Now we're close to my dad's side, hiding until he leaves."

  "Still close?" Li Xie couldn't help but want to run far, far away.

  Li Huan helplessly said, "What can we do? My old man's abilities are just that strong. Even if we wipe out all the Anxi grass, he'll still be able to sense the unusual magical fluctuations. Right now, he should be on the Dragon Ancestor's side, with the Dragon Ancestor's dragon aura shielding him, his senses completely restricted, so he hasn't discovered us yet. But once he leaves the range of the dragon aura, we're definitely going to get found out. So our only choice is to get closer and put ourselves under the Dragon Ancestor's dragon aura too, that way we can avoid him."

  What else can be said?

  Li Huan walked stealthily ahead, Li Xie and the little demon hurriedly followed quietly behind. The three of them proceeded for a considerable distance before finally seeing the Dragon Ancestor's remains.

  It was a hundred-meter-high, three-meter-diameter white jade pillar standing upright on the ground. On the pillar, from bottom to top, a long strip of vertebrae spiraled upwards.

  The skeleton's bones were crystal clear, its body was very long, with four limbs, but unlike the giant dragon, it didn't have thick hind legs and short front limbs, instead, as a whole, it looked like a four-legged snake.

  The sight of this giant dragon skeleton made Li Xie's eyes go wide with shock!

  This thing is not a giant dragon, it's actually a Huaxia divine dragon! The ancestor of the giant dragon turned out to be a divine dragon! How did it become a giant dragon in the end? Did it eat too many longan fruits?

  Under the jade pillar where the dragon's skeleton was sitting, a layer of jade stone with a diameter of 10 meters was laid out around the jade pillar. In front of the jade pillar, there was a platform that protruded one meter, and on top of the platform, there was actually another space gate.

  There is a person standing in front of the gate of space.

  This person wore a golden brocade robe, with a height of two meters and fifty centimeters. On his head was a golden crown, and at his waist hung a long golden sword. At this moment, the man's back was facing Li Xie and others, but they couldn't see his appearance. However, they could feel that he stood like a nail, firmly nailed to the ground.

  This person is the Dragon Emperor!

  The space gate that Long Huang was facing at this moment was not a seven-colored color, but a piece of blackness, that is to say, the space gate had opened.

  "What's strange, how did the spatial gate of the Netherworld Refining Hell open?!" Li Huan looked at the spatial gate with a slightly heavy expression.

  Li Xie and the little spirit were shocked, and they both made a silencing gesture towards Li Huan. The Dragon Emperor was only 100 meters away, how could he not hear this? If Li Huan, the Dragon Emperor's son, was discovered, he would at most receive some punishment, but Li Xie and the little spirit would be in big trouble.

  Li Huan chuckled and said, "Don't be so tense, with the pressure of Dragon Ancestor around, unless you speak very loudly, otherwise, my old man can't hear it, just don't let him see it."

  Talking about the Dragon Ancestor's power, now a hundred meters away from the Dragon Ancestor's skeleton, the Dragon's power is as tangible as an object, making people feel like they're sinking into the deep sea, suffocating, and the pressure that seems to be everywhere wants to crush their bones.

  A hundred meters away, Long Wei's aura was already so overwhelming. I wonder what kind of pressure the Dragon Emperor felt standing under the skeleton of the Dragon Ancestor.

  It's really true what they say: even after death, it's still frightening.

  Li Xie gazed at the Space Gate, and unexpectedly saw a pair of blue, eerie eyes shining within it. They were indeed eyes, not just a glow, because he could clearly see the pupils! However, apart from the eyes, everything else was pitch black! Was Long Huang's "You dare" directed at someone inside the Space Gate?

  "How much longer can the Dragon Ancestor's dragon might suppress? My dear Keke, you should carefully consider my proposal!" A sharp and delicate voice came from the Space Gate, like a male voice with excessive female hormone secretion. Li Huan said that the sound couldn't reach the Dragon Emperor's side, but the sound coming from inside was extremely clear.

  The Dragon Emperor, with a hint of anger, shouted: "You have the ability to resist the power of my Ancestor Dragon, then speak!"

  "Haha, we indeed can't resist, unfortunately, the Dragon Ancestor died too long ago, the dragon's power has been weakening day by day, and the younger generation is getting more and more incompetent. There isn't even a single divine dragon left! We broke through the space gate, it's just a matter of time now! When that time comes, don't regret it!"

  "I'm waiting for you to break through the Space Gate!" The Dragon Emperor angrily swung his hand and turned around, walking away in a huff. A burst of mocking laughter came from the Space Gate, which was soon covered up by the surge of colorful light within.

  Li Xie and several others saw the Dragon Emperor turn around, they all hastily hid behind a nearby giant dragon skeleton, until the Dragon Emperor walked far away, none of them dared to take another look.

  The three of them crouched for half a day, Li Huan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and sat paralyzed on the ground: "I feel that Dad has opened the space door, nothing's wrong, he's gone! Fortunately, he wasn't discovered! Ah, I won't bring anyone into the Dragon Tomb again!"

  The little elf pouted, glared at Li Huan fiercely: "Hmph! Your family's tomb is not fun at all, and you scared Xian Xian too! From now on, Xian Xian won't come with us anymore!"

  "Alright, let's hurry out, Father Dragon has returned and might want to summon all of you for the sacred ritual. If you're not there, it won't be good." Li Huan seemed to have been scared off by Dragon Emperor and couldn't stay any longer.

  Li Xie seemed to be thinking of something and asked: "Only the royal bloodline of the Dragon Clan can open the spatial door of the dragon tomb?"

  Li Huan nodded: "Not all royal families can open it, only the royal family with golden dragon blood flowing in their veins can do so. Apart from that, no one can open the space gate of the Dragon's Tomb."

  Li Xie narrowed his eyes, for a moment, he couldn't think of a way to deceive the imperial dragon crystal, while Li Huan was in a hurry to leave, it seemed that getting the giant dragon crystal from the dragon tomb was unlikely.

  However, Li Xie had another plan in mind!

  The Golden Dragon Blood can open the spatial door of the dragon's tomb, which means that Zaynarde can also open it. Is it possible to find an opportunity to sneak in quietly?

  As long as there is wormwood in hand, the dragon's breath of Zaynarde can be covered up, and he will not be discovered. Maybe there is a chance to sneak into the dragon tomb.

  Once you sneak into the dragon's tomb, can't you just take the dragon crystal with a wave of your hand?

  Li Xie's right corner of his mouth slightly raised, his eyes scanning the surroundings, countless super dragon crystals, as if they had already become his own possessions.

  "Let's go, if the Dragon Emperor really summons us, we can't not show up or he'll be suspicious. Let's leave first and talk about it later. The dragon tomb won't run away, the dragon crystal here won't run away either. Sooner or later, I can come back with Zayn to take them."

  The three quickly walked towards the direction of the original space gate, Li Xie turned his head and looked at the space gate under Long Zu's skeleton, asking: "You said that the space gate is connected to the Netherworld Refining Hell, what place is it?"

  Long Huangzi Li Huan also turned his head and took a look, saying: "The Netherworld Refining Hell is a space that connects the mainland of the gods. I heard my old man say that it's some strong people who died, but they're not willing to be extinguished just like that. They can only enter this space with a half-dead and half-alive posture. It can also be understood as the purgatory of the strong. As for how it works, I'm not clear about it either."

  "Who is inside again?"

  "This I'm even more unclear about. My dad's affairs, I also don't dare ask much, if he tells me, then I'll know."

  "It sounds like the dragon might of your Dragon Ancestor is suppressing that space, and now the strong ones in that space are about to break through your Dragon Ancestor's dragon might! Your dad couldn't negotiate with them, right? What if they break through the space and come here, what will happen?"

  "Stop worrying so much, if the sky falls down, my old man will hold it up. If even he can't hold it up, then there's no use thinking about it anymore. Let's go!"

  Li Xie shook his head, and towards this dragon prince's casual attitude, he was speechless. However, he didn't say anything wrong either. If even the Dragon Emperor couldn't control him, who else could? Li Xie had no choice but to put this matter in his heart.

  Three people came out of the space gate and returned to the cave, Li Xie searched for Meow Meow for half a day but couldn't see her or Xiao Maogui's shadow, so they had no choice but to give up. The three of them left the tunnel again, just as they exited the tunnel, they heard a loud dragon roar, immediately followed by roars from all directions on the islands, echoing with the dragon roar from Mount Buzhou. For a time, the dragon domain was filled with continuous dragon roars.

  "What's going on?" Li Xie asked.

  "This is a way for the dragon clan to pass on their words, indicating that the dragon clan's descendants are looking for the holy sacrifice, telling them to go to the Dragon Palace. Fortunately, we came out in time, otherwise, we would have really missed it."

  "Your meaning is that the Dragon Emperor has summoned?"

  "That's for sure, let's go!"

  "Wait, let's slow down and wait for everyone else to arrive before we go."